Saw guide



April 23, 1929. a AGEE 1,710,286

SAW GUIDE Filed Dec. 1926 amvfzmtoz Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

GEORGE S. AGEE, OF LONGVIEW; WASHINGTON.

SAW GUIDE.

Application filed December 24, 1926. Serial No. 156,907.

This invention relates to a guide designed 'l'ndn'itlily or use in connection with circular saws, one or the objects being to provide a device of this character so shapedv as to Prevent, the accumulation' of small slivers and chunk, around the periphery of the saw where they are likely to produce such et-: cessive friction as to heat or oven burn the saw.

A. lurlher object is to provide a guide which will act to steady the hind or until it is properly engaged by the saw, the guide being so inclined that, should any out or broken cluinlzs he l ed towards the saw, they would not hang or become lodged where they would inter-tore with the il'eeding of lruuber hut on the contrary, vould shift by gravity away i i-our the periphery of the saw.

l i ith the 'iore 'oing and other objects in view which 'w'll appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in the conibination and :u-rangen'ient of parts and in the details oi construction hereinafter described and clainuid, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made withiz'i the scope oi what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawings the pre i'erred form of tire invention l as been shown.

lln said. d rawings,

igure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a circular saw having the preseni'; imirovements combined therewith.

Figure :2 is a plan viewoi the structure shown in Figure l.

Figlu'e 3 is a bottom plan view oi? the guide.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section on line Referring to the figures by charazters of reference 1 designates a forked support for lumber being; fed to a saw S and pivotally mounted within this fork is the guide constituting the present invention. This uide iinchules a linger 2 extciuling into the tltork 8 and attached hereto by means of a pivot pin 4i. Vidiile I pro r the style shown, my invention may be a i lied to the sl' 'iiter heads by any oi" the devices now in use on ordinary guides. 7.

lhe linger has lateral shoulders 5 adapted to bear against the free end of the fork so as to limit the downward movement of the finger relative to the structure 1. The finger extends close to the come a toothed periphery of the saw S and then merges into downwardly inclined jaws 6 spaced apart a sufiicient distance to allow the saw S to work lrecly therebetween. The jaws are provided, near their free ends, with laterally extending pins 7 terminating close to opposed faces of the saw so as to hold the jaws properly positioned laterally rela-' tive to the saw. 'lhose portions of the jaws at the sides i the sa i are inclined downwardly and laterally as shown at 8 so that chips or the like deposit d on the upper faces of the jaws will. be caused to gravitate laterally away from the saw and not become lodged on the jaws. The lower faces of the jaws are cut away as shown at 9 so as to provide faces er-z'lending downwardly and laterally iron: the inner edges oi. the upper inelincd faces 8. Thus an ample clearance is provided at each side of the saw so that loose material cannot pack between the saw and the jaws and so; up irietiou such as l requently results in the overheating and burning of a saw.

Shouhl any long slivers pass between the jaws, one end of each sliver will generally ,z inst one of the pins so that the sliver will thus be SWl'l'l'lg upwardly where it will. he struck by the next piece of lumber and driven forward and out oi? the jaws, so as not to inti'ar'fero with the feeding of stock to the saw. 7

As the device automatically self clearing many of the disadvantages incident to the use of the ordinary guides are eliminated.

V hat claimed is: l I The conibii'iation with a lumber support, of a linger pivotally connected thereto, eo-

oj'ieratin y; means on the support and linger for hold 1 l said linger normally flush with the support to guide lumber to a saw a pair oi? downwardly inclined jaws extending from the finger providing asaw receiving space tlierehetweeii, the upper edges of the jaws lie-- jinn; inclined dowuwardly and laterally away from the saw thereby to shed chips laterally and longi'l'inlinally away from the jaw, each jaw 'liaving its under surface inclined downwardly and laterally from the saw receiving space, and a pin extending through the free endportion oi? each jaw and projecting beyond opposed faces oi? the aw.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

' GEORGE S. AGEE. 

